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I attempted to open an account with a Vanilla Visa today and it did not work. I have opened many eBay accounts with out an issue including Paypal as recently as 2 weeks ago. Today eBay rejected the card.

Has any one opened an eBay account with Vanilla Visa in the last few days?

hi- yes, yesterday.. as a mATTER OF FACT- i paid $95 in ebay fees with one today.. Someone else said nce--it has to do where you buy it with the zip maybe??

2/5/2008--- PROBLEMS with VANILLA VISA??
 

Hi_
Anyone else having problems with Vanilla working?
--Used one last week, no prob (was a $25 card)-
--Bought a $100 + a $50 today... tried 3 times, will not work on ebay..nor paypal...
Anyone else??

Thanks!
UPDATE: a $25 Card DOES work on ebay to register new accts, so My guess is this is a Paypal thing...

Oh oh, so paypal is now blocking the use of Vanilla cards?

Yes, it MUST be,, as when you go to pay your seller acct- it goes to the pay one time only, via credit card-plugged it in, says declined,
--checked balance, was ok, at $100.
then, 2nd time, tried via paypal, other method,, still same thing,, (the screen where your pp login is on the rt and you fill in the blanks on the left)--NO GO,
--i THOUGHT, OK, WILL TRY THE $50 CARD.. both ways--no go..
**Created seller acct- (was waiting for the decline, went right through)--so its definite Paypal has Banned Vanilla Visa, as a matter of fact- i think i remember someone casually mentioning this in a post sunday??

Likely Jonas has information on this. He made posts previously.

Since when has vanilla visa cards ever worked on paypal?

When I searched the threads, there were a few posts where this did appear to be working. It did not appear to be continually successful but mention was made
by a couple of users that they had success.
Or, that is how I read the posts.

When I just searched the posts for Vanilla Visa--seems it did work for folks,, so as of TODAY--no more for Paypal.. East Coast , anyhow.,.
BUT< the $25 cards do work for ebay open seller acct..
**NOTE: i did NOT try a $25 card to pay ebay fees, and i did NOT try a $50 or $100 to open an acct... (if the amts matter at all?)

Vanilla Mastercard works great here on both eBay and Paypal. Is the Vanilla MC available in the states? I always had better luck with MC on eBay and Paypal...

Yup, doesnt work, cant register it online, at least last time i tried it which was about last summer.

American Express giftcards have never worked on paypal as far as I know.

I had a $25 vanilla visa that worked for ebay and paypal before. However, I just found out that american express gift cards don't work. Somewhere on this site there is a list of sites that sell/provide gift cards. Can someone copy and link me to it?
THANKS

HI- In ASpkins latest guide, there is a whole list, as well as you can search from the main page-upper right, drop down box.. (Im not being lazy)--but to link all the diff posts--would take an hour... :)

HI-- Heres 1 Great Guide-- Alternatives to PPAL:

http://www.aspkin.com/forums/faq-ind...ves-guide.html

here's another large list:

http://www.aspkin.com/forums/ebay-di...lers-list.html

I tried Vanilla Visa today on eBay and it was declined. It used to work for me like a charm....damn!

Hi,Ebaykilla- ( nice name) ;)....Welcome back! Yes, I think Paypal has taken over Ebays Verification System... All access still works + several others..I also found MasterCards this weekend...(had to drive 2 hrs,but I bought all 16 they had)..Try local shop malls..and Simon still works! Good Luck ;)

its not Ebay blocking the cards, its the other way around. The cards is blocking use with Ebay and Paypal out

I wonder why they would do that. It only hurts their business if anything.

Yes Vanilla Visa gift cards stopped working for me for opening eBay accounts around 12/31/07. I tried 5 times with various dollar amounts at different IP addresses on different days with different accounts and they still didn't work. I gave a few used Vanilla Visa cards to a friend who informed me that they could not buy items online with them.

I used Vanilla cards to open paypal accounts in Nov 2007... have not tried to open a paypal account with a Vanilla Visa since then.

I started using amex gifts cards since to open eBay accounts and no problems since

rond100,

When they flagged those accounts where you used the Vanilla Visa cards, what message did Paypal give you?

Not sure what you are doing. I just tried one and it worked fine for me